AfricanBioServices is an EU-funded research project investigating Ecosystem Services in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem in eastern Africa. The main aim of the research project is to understand how the ongoing climate change, human population growth and landuse change affect biodiversity and human well-being, and use this information to derive novel solutions for a future sustainable development.
Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. In the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, effects of climate change are particularly apparent in the form of increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
Agricultural and industrial development is modifying the way different areas are utilized, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem the natural landscape is changing quickly.
The African continent harbours the fastest growing human population in the world, and the pressure on natural resources in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem is constantly increasing.
A new publication from Stuart W. Smith has been accepted. Co-authors are James D. M. Speed, John Bukombe, Shombe N. Hassan, Richard D. Lyamuya… Read more
We, Marit, Vilde and Anders, all Norwegian master students in Ecology and Natural Resources Management, headed out to Serengeti one after the other from January to the end of December 2017. Read more
A new MSc thesis has evaluated spatiotemporal patterns in poaching across the boundary of the Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem (MSE). Read more
Spotting a polar bear preying on a wildebeest or a kangaroo hopping away from a lion may seem out of place on a safari in Africa. Nevertheless, in the plant kingdom the establishment and naturalization… Read more
Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu from University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, writes about the dramatic decline in wildlife in Kenya and that there is no more time to waste in protecting wildlife in the region… Read more
The European Commission featured a story about AfricanBioServices on their web site. Read more
Professors Julius Nyahongo and Eivin Røskaft were invited to “Hainan Normal University” in Haikou, China, to give talks about AfricanBioServices. Read more
The Masai Mara region is about to become an environmental disaster. Joseph Ogutu, actively involved in AfricanBioServices comments on the situation… Read more
A team of University of Glasgow students, led by research fellow and AfricanBioServices participant, Dr Grant Hopcraft… Read more
